Her er pavens preken om Lasarus – om hva vi skal gjøre med vår rikdom
Her er en engelsk oversettelse av pave Benedikts tale ved Angelusbønnen søndag:
Today, the Gospel of Luke presents the parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus (16:19-31). The rich man embodies the unjust spending of wealth by those who use it for unbridled and egotistical luxury, thinking only of satisfying themselves, without taking care of the beggar at their door.
The poor man, on the other hand, represents the person that only God cares for, and unlike the rich man, he has a name, Lazarus, an abbrev iation of Eleazar, which means “God helps him.» He who is forgotten by all is not forgotten by God; he who is worth nothing in the eyes of men, is precious in the eyes of the Lord.
The story shows how earthly injustice is overturned by divine justice: After death, Lazarus is welcomed “into Abraham’s bosom,» that is to say, into eternal beatitude, while the rich man ends up “in hell among torments.» It is a new, definitive, unappealing state. Therefore it is during this life that one must repent; doing so afterward is useless.
This parable also lends itself to a social interpretation. …
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